Fantastic Four - I Got To Have Your Love

Fantastic Four - I Got To Have Your Love /mediafire
from the LP Got To Have Your Love (Westbound 1977)

Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77 - The Real Thing

Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77 - The Real Thing /mediafire
from the LP Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil '77 (Elektra 1977)

Israel kidnapped americans trying to deliver aid to Gaza

Now, ask yourself. Why isn't this being reported in the news you see on tv at home?

Linda Griner - Good Bye Cruel World

Time for that good old Motown groove again. This song always hits a special spot in me. Golden motown-moment.

Linda Griner - Good Bye Cruel World /mediafire
from the 7" Good Bye Cruel Love / Envious (Motown 1963)

Palestine remembered

Continuing on the Palestine matter I just wanted to share about a great site I found called Palestine Remembered. There you can click on either part of ancient Palestine (now Israel) and click on each city or village and see information on all places that has been ethnically cleansed through the years. The best way to defeat zionism is to not forget.

For once justice did win!

Earlier this year I posted a complaint to Advertising Standards Authority in the UK about an add from The State of Israel Ministry of Tourism. The add showed a map of Israel which included the West Bank, Gaza and The Golan Heights. Today I got an answer by mail. A small victory and a big fuck you to the rasist government in Israel. This is what they wrote:

Israeli Government Tourist Office
Case number:
A09-95205/LC
UK House
180 Oxford Street
London
W1D 1NN
Media:
Poster
Sector:
Holidays and travel
Agency:


Number of complaints:
444

Ad
A poster for the Israeli Government Tourist Office had the headline "EXPERIENCE ISRAEL" and a picture of a boy snorkelling with dolphins. Text underneath stated "Few countries pack so much variety into such a small space as Israel. The energy and excitement of Tel Aviv and the rich cultural experiences of the Dead Sea and Jerusalem with the sun and relaxation of Eilat make Israel the ideal multi-centre break". The ad featured a map of Israel that included the West Bank, the Gaza strip and the Golan Heights.

Issue
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Jews for Justice for Palestine and 442 members of the public challenged whether the poster misleadingly implied that the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights were internationally recognised as part of Israel.

Response
The State of Israel Ministry of Tourism (SIMT), replying on behalf of the Israel Government Tourist Office (IGTO), said the map featured on the poster was a general, schematic tourism and travel information map, rather than a political map. They explained that it gave potential visitors an idea of the location of the areas in and around Israel. SIMT argued that the complaints about whether some areas on the map were internationally recognised as part of Israel were political in nature and not relevant to a tourist ad. They argued that the only impression a reasonable customer would get from the map was that it depicted the areas that could be practically reached and visited when travelling there, and that it was not meant to carry any political messages.

Assessment
Upheld
The ASA noted that the aim of the ad was to promote tourism to Israel. We also noted that the map featured in the ad was labelled "Israel" and we considered that, along with the claim "Few countries pack so much variety into such a small space as Israel", the ad implied that all of the areas featured on the map were part of the state of Israel. We noted that the map showed border lines for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but we also noted that those border lines were faintly produced and difficult to distinguish on the map itself. We understood that the borders and status of the occupied territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights were the subject of much international dispute, and because we considered that the ad implied that those territories were part of the state of Israel, we concluded that the ad was misleading.

The ad breached CAP Code clause 7.1 (Truthfulness).

Action
The ad must not appear again in its current form.

Marilyn Chambers 1952-2009 R.I.P

Pornsuperstar Marilyn Chambers passed away earlier this year. She wasn't only good in giving head. She also had a minor discohit in 1977 called Benihana. It isn't the best disco song you've heard, but actually pretty nice for a pornstar I think plus it was released on Roulette.



Marilyn Chambers - Benihana /mediafire
from the 12" Benihana (Roulette 1977)